Regele se-nclina si ucide
The King Bows and Kills
Author(s): Herta MüllerSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: Communist Romania; Communist Germany; present Germany
Summary/Abstract: A new essay in which moments from her childhood and youth in Communist Romania are relived while remembering the frustrations, wrongs and menaces of that period. With a remarkable precision, the author follows the thin line border between life and literature, between the “written word” and the “loved word”. The text also contains some sharp commentaries on former Communist Germany but also on present Germany.
Journal: Lettre Internationale - Ediţia română
- Issue Year: 2004
- Issue No: 51
- Page Range: 37-44
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian